Syncerus

Syncerus Temporal range: 3–0  Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓ Late Pliocene–Recent
Cape buffalo (Syncerus caffer)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Artiodactyla
Family:	Bovidae
Subfamily:	Bovinae
Subtribe:	Bubalina
Genus:	Syncerus Hodgson, 1847
Type species
Bos brachyceros [1] J.E. Gray, 1837 (= Bos caffer Sparrman, 1779)
Species
Syncerus caffer S. c. caffer S. c. nanus S. c. brachyceros S. c. aequinoctialis S. c. mathewsi † Syncerus acoelotus † Syncerus antiquus

Syncerus is a genus of African bovid that contains the living Cape buffalo (Syncerus caffer), including the distinct African forest buffalo.

At least one extinct species belongs to this genus; Syncerus acoelotus . ^{[2] [3]} The extinct giant African buffalo ( Syncerus antiquus ) is also included in this genus by many authorities. ^[4]

References

1. Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M., eds. (2005). "Genus Syncerus". Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN   978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC   62265494.
2. "Syncerus acoelotus". Fossilworks. Archived from the original on 2021-12-12. Retrieved 2021-12-17.
3. Gentry, A.W.; Gentry, A. (1978). "Fossil Bovidae (Mammalia) of Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania, Part 1". Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Geology. 29: 289–446.
4. Klein, Richard G. (November 1994). "The Long-Horned African Buffalo (Pelorovis antiquus) is an Extinct Species". Journal of Archaeological Science. 21 (6): 725–733. Bibcode:1994JArSc..21..725K. doi: 10.1006/jasc.1994.1072 .